CELEBRITY Police raid venue of Messi’s wedding in Rosario

Police and tax inspectors have carried out a court-ordered search at a casino, which is inside the hotel where Lionel Messi will get married this weekend.

They, however, denied any connection with the wedding.

The
raid which took place on Wednesday at the City Center hotel and casino
complex in Rosario, Argentina, was authorised by federal judge Marcelo
Baylaque, amid an investigation of alleged tax evasion by magnate
Cristobal Lopez.

“We are working exclusively with the
casino,” Carlos Vaudagna, the regional director of the Federal
Administration of Public Revenue, told EFE.
“The hotel is not involved and this will not affect Friday’s event in any way.
“It
was just a coincidence that we came a few days prior [to the wedding],
we had the judicial request a month ago but were just granted permission
now.
“We came to seize video monitoring tape related to subjects
who we believe in 2015 received financial gain or earnings of more than
$6,000 in daily [casino] winnings.”